IPL 2024 Factbox: Everything you need to know about Lucknow Super Giants

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How did Lucknow Super Giants fare last season?

Lucknow Super Giants reached the Eliminator stage in IPL 2023 - same fate as the season before which was their maiden appearance in the cash-rich league. And like IPL 2022, LSG had finished third in the league stage to book a place in the playoff stage.

LSG won eight of their 14 matches in IPL 2023, losing five and one, against Chennai Super Kings, finished without a result.

Under the captaincies of KL Rahul and Krunal Pandya, LSG lapped up 17 points in the round robin stage - same as second place CSK but were worse off in terms of net run rate (NRR). They finished one point adrift of fourth-placed Mumbai Indians.

LSG never really faced a blip in the round robin stage with no consecutive defeats. Although, they did finish the league stage with three consecutive wins, against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders to help themselves up the ladder and into the playoff.

In the Eliminator, MI were able to exact revenge on the Super Giants at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Asked to chase 183 runs, LSG collapsed on 101 with only Marcus Stoinis (40) providing a real fight. Akash Madhwal’s fifer put the game in MI’s favour.

Win percentage: 56.66%

Over the two IPL seasons, Lucknow Super Giants have played 30 games and won 17 of them. They’ve been beaten in 12 matches and one ended without a result. It puts their win percentage at 56.66%.

Highest run-getter: KL Rahul (890 runs)

Skipper KL Rahul played a season and a half for LSG before picking up an injury during IPL 2023. Yet, he remains LSG’s highest scorer across seasons. He has scored 890 runs from 24 matches with six fifties and two hundreds. KL Rahul’s runs for LSG have come at an average of 44.5 and strike rate of 127.69.

Highest wicket-taker: Ravi Bishnoi (29 wickets)

Ravi Bishnoi replaced Avesh Khan as LSG’s highest wicket-taker in IPL. With 16 wickets in IPL 2023, 12th most in the season, Bishnoi leapfrogged Avesh. Bishnoi has taken 29 wickets from 29 matches or 28 innings.

Bishnoi’s 29 wickets have come at an average of 29.2, at an economy rate of 8.10 and strike rate of 21.62. The 23-year-old posted best figures of 3/28 against Chennai Super Kings.

Highest individual score: Quinton de Kock (140 runs)

Quinton de Kock registered LSG’s highest individual score of 140 runs in just 70 deliveries against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in May 2022. De Kock’s quickfire knock came in the second half of the IPL 2022 season against KKR, when he was involved in an unbeaten 210-run stand with KL Rahul.

De Kock slammed 10 fours and as many sixes, and finish his innings with a strike-rate of 200.

Highest team score: 257/5 vs PBKS

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— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) March 6, 2024

Lucknow Super Giants beat their previous highest team score twice in IPL 2023. After registering 211/4 in their opening season against CSK, LSG registered 213/9 against RCB and then 257/5 against Punjab Kings.

LSG’s 257/5 is the second biggest total in IPL history - behind RCB’s 263/5 in 2013.

At Mohali, Kyle Mayers (54 from 24 balls), Ayush Badoni (43 from 24 balls), Marcus Stoinis (72 from 40 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (45 from 19 balls) thrashed PBKS apart to score at 12.85 runs per over. All PBKS bowlers, except Rahul Chahar, conceded at more than 10 runs an over.

Favourite opponent: Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad

Lucknow Super Giants have an unbeaten record against three teams in IPL history. They’ve played three and won three versus Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad, LSG have played four and won four. On the other end of the comparison, they’ve lost four out of four against Gujarat Titans.

Purchases, releases and squad

Players retained: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq

Players purchased: Shivam Mavi (Rs 6.40 crore), Arshin Kulkarni (Rs 20 lakh), Manimaran Siddharth (Rs 2.40 crore), Ashton Turner (Rs 1 crore), David Willey (Rs 2 crore), Arshad Khan (Rs 20 lakh)

Full squad: Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal (T), K. Gowtham, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen Ul Haq, Nicholas Pooran, Prerak Mankad, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Charak, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, Manimaran Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Arshad Khan